The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-17
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Farming docs not mean simply s,trring
the soil. sowing the seed and harvesting
The crops. but from the besinning Of The
year 10 its end there should be constant
production 10 every possible manner
While The crops are growing the future
food is being prepared. but as soon as u -
harvested il should he made stu more
ssrvioesble by being converted into some
higher priced product While an acre Of
land may produce fifty bushels Of corn on
its part. yet thst corn may nearly all find
its way back TO the soil that produced II,
only that portion being sold tbs, will re-
pay the coat and labor Of converting !, in
to beef. mutton. pork, wool, milk, muscle
or whatever it may contribute The far
mer who can so manage rs TO bis soil the
larger portion by disposing Of thai which
is more readily sslsble In some other
shape. viii gradually become wealthy,
though the actual receipts may be appar-
entity small.
Farming is continuous operation. ~
is the changing Of products from one Kind
to another according to the demand Tor
each. In estimating the value OF a bushel
Of corn produced on the farm, and fed to
stock. il must be regarded as cheaper to
the farmer than to other persons. since be
does not have TO transport it 10 market,
and when charging it TO bis animals as
food be should deduct from the market
cost the expense which be would other
wise incur for baggipg, handling, hauling
and freight. The true value Of the corn
is that which II produces. The rule OF
charging interest for the corn as crop,
aud also on the beef or milk derived from
II, often causes the aGconn 8 TO appear
unfsvorable. II is the final disposition OF
tho crop that regulates its value. II 1t
disappears from the farm in the carcass OF
the steer it stands in the same position as
il the steer grew upon the land instead OF
the corn, the corn being only q component
part OF the steer 10 the shape OF marketa-
BILE beef. II the crop be fed to the COW,
and the milk sold off the farm, the crop
is simply sent away in the milk cans IN
place OF bags. and, instead OF being com
PEELED to sell the entire crop in order to
realize q certain sum, the change Of form
by conversion into some other product
results in the securing of an equal sum
from only q portion of the crop. Hence
the farmer should aim to sell as little as
possible of the farm. That is. he should
endeavor to secure the largest sum posi-
BILE with the smallest amount of product
by converting all crops into those that are
less bulky and command the higher prices.
But the farming business requires system.
II calls for the use OF oil kinds of suitable
machinery and stock. As no manufactur-
er of cotton goods can afford to weave bis
goods with hand-lo looms, neither can the
farmer expect to make farming profitable
unless be takes advantage OF all oppoitu-
mites open to him. II bis crops are to be
fed gu the farm and rendered serviceable
in producing something else through the
agency OF stock, such stock must be per
fectly adapted to the purposes designed
The largest possible increase at the least
cost and in the shortest period Of time
should be the rule, and upon this depends
the turning point between Profit and loss.
-Phiiadelphia Record.